The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has emerged as the leading party in the Gilgit-Baltistan general elections, according to unofficial and unconfirmed results received so far.
Vote counting is still underway across 24 general seats, with PPP securing six seats in the results announced from 15 constituencies.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has won three seats, Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) has secured one seat, while independent candidates have claimed five constituencies.
The early results indicate a strong performance by the PPP in several key constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan.
In GBA-4 Nagar, PPP candidate Muhammad Ali Akhtar won the seat with 7,670 votes, defeating Muhammad Ayub Waziri of Islami Tehreek, who secured 6,566 votes.
The Form 47 for GBA-10 Skardu IV was released on Monday morning, showing Pakistan Peoples Party’s Nasir Ali Khan victorious by grabbing 6,582 votes. IPP’s Muhammad Khan Wazir got 4,667 votes.
In GBA-11 Kharmang, PPP’s Iqbal Hassan emerged victorious after receiving 6,141 votes, while PML-N candidate Mohsin Rizvi obtained 4,170 votes.
PPP candidate Imran Nadeem won GBA-12 Shigar with 12,179 votes, defeating Raja Azam Khan of Islami Tehreek-e-Pakistan, who received 7,700 votes.
In GBA-7 Skardu, Tauqir Mehdi Shah of PPP secured victory with 4,320 votes, while Raja Jalal Hussain of IPP came second with 3,891 votes.
PPP also won GBA-19, where Syed Jalal Shah secured 9,613 votes. Independent candidate Nawaz Khan finished second with 8,210 votes.
PML-N secures victories in Gilgit, Ganche
The PML-N managed to secure three constituencies in the results announced so far.
According to Form 47 of GBA-20 Ghizer II, PML-N candidate Abdul Jahan won by getting 6,971 votes, while the PPP’s Nazir Ahmed fell second by winning 6,758 votes.
In GBA-22 Ganche, Ibrahim Sanai of PML-N won with 12,048 votes, defeating PPP candidate Dr Ashiq Hussain, who received 9,258 votes.
Former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Hafeezur Rehman won GBA-2 Gilgit for PML-N with 11,204 votes. PPP’s Jamil Ahmed came second with 7,376 votes.
Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen secured its first victory in the election through Maisam Kazim in GBA-8 Skardu. Kazim won the seat with 10,474 votes, narrowly defeating PPP’s Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, who secured 10,118 votes.
Independents register strong performance
Independent candidates also performed strongly in several constituencies, winning five seats according to the unofficial results.
In GBA-6 Hunza, independent candidate Naqnam Karim won with 6,390 votes, while PPP’s Imtiaz-ul-Haq came second with 5,417 votes.
Syed Sohail Abbas, contesting as an independent candidate, won GBA-3 Gilgit after securing 7,853 votes. PPP’s Aftab Haider finished second with 7,434 votes.
In GBA-24, independent candidate Dr. Asad emerged victorious with 8,092 votes, while PPP candidate Engineer Ismail secured 5,072 votes.
Independent candidate Anwar Ali won GBA-23 with 12,090 votes. Another independent candidate, Abdul Hameed, came second with 3,870 votes.
In GBA-16 Diamer, independent candidate Imam Malik secured victory with 6,664 votes, defeating PPP candidate Ataullah, who received 5,273 votes.
The counting process is continuing on all 24 general seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. Based on the unofficial and unconfirmed results from 14 constituencies announced so far, PPP leads the race with six seats, followed by PML-N with two seats, MWM with one seat, and five seats won by independent candidates.
Further results from the remaining constituencies are expected as the counting process continues.
